A couple months ago, I put out a call to our subscribers to submit banner ideas for /r/rum, but received little response. I was, however, contacted by /u/moldyredditor, who I have known to have done some very nice CSS work on other subs, and so, after discussion with the other mods, we have decided to invite moldy to join our team and help make /r/rum a more entertaining place to visit, and hopefully attract more and more subscribers, which, of course, means more content, which, in turn, is better for all of us.

Any suggestions you have for the design/layout of this sub can be posted below, along with greetings for moldy - we're more than happy to consider input from everyone - this is the people's sub, after all! (just remember, we can't make everyone happy, and the mods will have the final say).

There has been a steady increase in the number of subscribers and posts in /r/rum in the past months, so, thanks to everyone, and let's keep the trend growing.

I be a moldy redditor, wet from the mist of rains on the port bow, and I been adrift on this digital sea for nary on 15 years. I'v com to this island with it's aliens and cats by chance, seeing over yon horizon the temptations of flesh, and promise of drink. since i'v been 'ere, I's seen the crumbling of rich empires, the hold o' their ships filled with arrows and hoars, an' i'v seen many a flagon of ale come an' go.

Nothin' makes me the happyest mor than rum, tis the devil's maiden, the gold of drink. I'v thirsted long and far for a brand of delicate sweetness, only to be lurr'd back to the barrel, rum's delicious sweetness. I'v always ador'd the way rum giv's you the feeling of being hugg'd by a chesty bar wench, even if yer curled up in th' street, a rat as yer pillow.

I claim this truth, fellow rummards! I shant let ye down, through our pirate ways have gone, and our swords are now keyboards, we will be known to the rest of the isle of Reddit as the best damn partiers around!

honestly, I drink just about anything that's hard liquor, although I'm the most mellow and easy going with rum, and most combative with vodka...

I live in canada, in a small town on the atlantic coast, and as such, i've got a very limited access to variations of different rums... however, some of my highlight reel do include the following:

Kraken Rum - Dark and stormys mixed with this are a delight, but the 47% creeper is killer after 5 or 6.

George St. Spiced Rum - originally bottled in Newfoundland, this 35% mixing rum disappears in both eggnog mixes, rum and cola, and is almost undetectable when mixed with Dr. Pepper. Many late night parties were had with this one.

Calico Jack Spiced No 94 - stupid laughing skull...

Havana Club rum (spiced and white) - two bottles that were brought back from Cuba itself, by my loving wife (who is a travel agent :D) these are smoother than anything i've ever had. on the rocks, neat, or mixed with ginger ale/cola, or mixed in Piña Coladas, these have kicked our ass rather gently over the last year.

Overall, i've been drinking rum for close to a decade now, but i've always been the casual drinker, a social sort of mild drinker (i tend to be the DD, so i have one at the start of the party, then switch to water to sober up something like 5 hours later...), but i've been known to hit it hard, should I need to not be coherent for the next few days...